Matthew Canavan
Melbourne’s Mr Connected swaps billionaire bosses
John and Pauline Gandel’s loss of their foundation’s chief executive is a gain for fellow philanthropists Paul Little and Jane Hansen.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Latest
Six years after first school strike, climate kids march on
In 2018, they were inspired. One year later, they helped lead 100,000 young people in one of Melbourne’s largest environmental protests. Was it worth it?
- by Caroline Schelle
Should Australia have a new taxpayer-owned bank?
A Nationals-led Senate inquiry into bank branch closures has urged the government to investigate the establishment of a bank owned by taxpayers.
- by Clancy Yeates
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Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Olympics supremo John Coates refuses to appear at Brisbane 2032 Senate inquiry
The architect of the state government’s plan to use QSAC as Brisbane’s main Olympic stadium has refused an invitation to appear before a Senate inquiry to explain his stance.
- by Cameron Atfield
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Supermarkets
Coalition developing ‘big stick’ law to rein in Coles and Woolworths
Opposition backbenchers are putting pressure on Peter Dutton to live up to his repeated claim that the Coalition is now the party of the working classes.
- by Paul Sakkal
Senate report demands halt to Gabba rebuild
A Senate committee has called for work on the $2.7 billion Gabba rebuild to be halted, as the Queensland government sounds out the construction market.
- by Cameron Atfield
Victoria actively hindered Commonwealth Games inquiry: Senate committee
Premier Daniel Andrews declined to give evidence, but the committee heard he wrote to witnesses to warn them against disclosing information viewed as confidential.
- by Rachel Eddie
Analysis
Senate estimates
‘Don’t even know what a black power T-shirt is’: Senior bureaucrat grilled over fashion choices
Infrastructure Department head Jim Betts has faced sustained questioning from Coalition senators over his penchant for politically themed T-shirts.
- by James Massola and Lisa Visentin
Senators grill Infrastructure Department boss about a t-shirt
Jim Betts faced questioning from senators Bridget McKenzie and Matt Canavan over a t-shirt depicting an Aboriginal flag he wore to address his department.
Opinion
Voice to parliament
Has it been a bad week for the Voice? Yes and No
Dutton’s demands for detail have hardly delivered a killer blow, but they have changed the atmospherics.
- by Peter Hartcher
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Gas
Rough seas ahead for offshore energy despite demand boom
Australia’s offshore oil and gas industry is waking up to a new reality beset with higher regulatory hurdles and plunging political and community support.
- by Peter Milne
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